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Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 21

سورة الإنشقاق، الآية ٢١

84:21 Juz 30 Hizb 59 Page 589 of the mushaf Meccan surah Verse of prostration

Text of verse 84:21

وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ۝٢١

Transliteration

wa-idhā quri-a ʿalayhimu l-qur'ānu lā yasjudūna

Translation

And when the Qur’ān is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allāh]?

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Verse 21 of Surah Al-Inshiqaq (84:21), a Meccan surah, is in juz 30, on page 589 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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When the Qur’ān is recited to them, they do not prostrate to their Lord?!

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Other translations of verse 21

and when the Qur’an is recited to them, they do not prostrate?

And when the Qur’ân is recited to them, they fall not prostrate.

And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah)?

And when the Qur'an is read to them, they fall not prostrate,

And when the Quran is recited to them they do not make obeisance?

And when the Qur'an is read to them, they do not prostrate themselves?*

Verse 21 word by word

وَإِذَا wa-idhā And when
قُرِئَ quri-a is recited ق ر أ
عَلَيْهِمُ ʿalayhimu to them
ٱلْقُرْءَانُ l-qur'ānu the Quran ق ر أ
لَا lā not
يَسْجُدُونَ yasjudūna they prostrate س ج د

Hadiths that cite this verse

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 1074

I saw Abu Huraira reciting Idha-Sama' un-Shaqqat and he prostrated during its recitation. I asked Abu Huraira, "Didn't I see you prostrating?" Abu Huraira said, "Had I not seen the Prophet (ﷺ) prostrating, I would not have prostrated."

رَأَيْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَرَأَ ‏‏{‏إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْشَقَّتْ‏}‏ فَسَجَدَ بِهَا فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، أَلَمْ أَرَكَ تَسْجُدُ قَالَ لَوْ لَمْ أَرَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَسْجُدُ لَمْ…

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Authentic Sahih Muslim 578c

We performed prostration along with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) (as he recited these verses: )" When the heaven burst asunder" and" Read in the name of Thy Lord" (al-Qur'an, xcvi. 1).

سَجَدْنَا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي ‏‏{‏ إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْشَقَّتْ‏}‏ وَ ‏‏{‏ اقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ‏}‏

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